Chris Beardshaw Scholar to show Biodiversity Garden at Chelsea

[press release]

Landscape gardeners visiting this year’s Chelsea Flower Show are set to be inspired by the work of Paul Hervey-Brookes, the current scholar under the Chris Beardshaw Mentoring Scholarship (CBMS), sponsored by Bradstone. Paul has spent the last twelve months being mentored by Chris in addition to receiving business advice and technical support from Bradstone. His year culminates in the Bradstone Biodiversity Garden, which Paul will create with Chris and his team at the Chelsea Flower Show, using Bradstone materials. Bespoke reconstituted stone bird roosting blocks, an Enviromasonry trough and York Stone Ecopave will complement the richly planted borders of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. Chris Beardshaw said: “I am passionate about raising the profile of the landscape design industry and the hard work and dedication it takes to become a professional landscape gardener, which was my inspiration for developing the scholarship. Paul has been an excellent scholar and we have thoroughly enjoyed working with him over the last year. The Bradstone Biodiversity Garden will mark the culmination of a tremendous year for Paul and I hope it will be a springboard for his future design career.” Group chief executive of Aggregate Industries Bill Bolsover said: “We are always keen to encourage new blood into the industry to drive forward innovation and creativity. As well as seeing cutting edge design in the Bradstone Biodiversity Garden, landscape gardeners will also have the chance to find out more about our responsibly sourced range which leads the way in sustainability.” Aggregate Industries, Bradstone’s parent company, is at the forefront of developments to increase sustainability of garden landscaping materials. It is the first company in the world to achieve the BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing Certificate from BRE Global. Visitors can find the Bradstone Biodiversity Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show at stand RHW35. For further information about the Bradstone range call 01335 372289 or visit www.bradstone.com.

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